The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.23° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.